Abstract
The thermal conductivity of the spin-1/2 ladder system ( , 2, and 12) has been measured both along ( ) and perpendicular to ( ) the ladder direction at temperatures between 5 and 300 K. While the temperature dependence of is typical for phonon heat transport, an unusual double-peak structure is observed for . We interpret this unexpected feature as a manifestation of quasi-one-dimensional magnon thermal transport mediated by spin excitations along the ladders.
- Received 15 September 1999
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2714
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